Acetylene-gas generator.



H, W. LAUN.

ACETYLENE GASIGENERATUR. rrumou FILED mi 0. ms:

Patented Oct 30, 1917.

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ACETYLEN'E GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATIDI FILED JULY 6| 915- Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR. APPLICATION I ILED JULY 6.19M.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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H. w. LAUN. ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR. APPLICATION FILED *HILY 6,19l5- HIIIII I I l Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

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calfbidieceptacle, ,but relatesmore speeifi- (sally to "improvements upon my; Patent .No. i

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1 6 kni'wn than, HENRY w; L ltizen "of theWU i ted s a fl din at Chicago, in mumm G mtg of lllmoig" have invented: new gandi useful.

Improvements imAoetylene-Gas Generators,

I of-whioh th-e following is a'specifieationgc":

This invention i'elates generally to improvements in acetylene'gmsgenerators of the bolli in which water is fed: into a 1;052;070, dated February 11411913; 1 v

1mm construction embodied in this pat- "out, i "the valves in 'the :water it inlet and gas outlet pipes extendingl from vthearespecti've carhid oontainers are each provided with a 'manuslly operable lever for controlling the position i of said valves. These lovers are arranged tosfwin o utv vardly in opposite directions toward it e side's of'tho generator.

a riesulttth' ge s'generetor could not be placed' in the corner of" "a room, nor with one side "thereof in: close proximity; the sldelof the room, as the inner valve controllin leverwould necessarily-etrike-the well an preventthe proper manipulation. thereof.- Furthermore, in this construotiom means were not PI'OVidBd tO iDSI IIG eitherfor both closures 0Ef':USaid" Cfl;-1bi'd containers being' c1osedand 1ocked,"previous--to the" opening of the valveso'ontrolling the water inlet and gas outlet'pipesassocidted with each container.' As' 'a result, it ofte'nha'ppened that when one of said 1 containers was being rechar ed with carbidg water was permitted mix "with the carbid and thereby generate gas-before the closure of "said container was closed and locked in; said closedposition.

thoobjects of my invention is, therefore, to" irovide a gas enemtor: of the type above noted, in whieh t emenually operable leversi aro arrangedwo swing out \i's m'nilly in 1 the some general direction toward one side i of the gas generator aind thereby permit-1 said generator" to" bei; positioned closely in "a; cor nerwor' against tho side of e ,videa closure fol-each carbid con- I t I "wea -deity plication fiIed'iIulyBJBH. 'BeriglRoliigbnQ A after the closure has been mo'ed; by 'leveritto its-qelosed positionw; FHuaw. Hr;

te inef; which, whenopenec l will be-soi is blotted -r'e1ative* to "the manually operable valve controlling lever that said lever will,

during its" movement-to open said valve, engage and move said vclosum to its closed or operative" gosition previousto said valve be ing opene tion is to prov idera lockin mechanism for t the closure which is shifts. leintot: and. out

matioa l'ly' moved to its locking position "by afurthermovementof the ma'n'ually er Anoth r tem o-om abject thetinten i so ofiooldng position'hnd which will be aot0+ able leve't togu direetion 't'o open-:the'va ves These and "other objects of? m will be "hereinafter I morer folly "In the dra'vtingsgWhich showby way 0 iil ustration," one embodiment of =n1y invent Figure 1 iso side elevation of a gas generat-or constructedin 1 accordance r withv 'my in? venom; Fig. 2 is a partial rean elevation thereof;

Fig: 3sis a; "horiiontai sectio e15 on=the1 line" of: Fig.1

' Figukis a. vertical?sectional yievi 'ztaken I I Fig; 5.1 is n detail View shooring the no matie meansufor contro'lling the ow "Of wanterwtoitlieqcarbid containeiglww' sure forlthe "opeiiing of said containerm its openaposition, andthe locking mechamism 1 i i forsaidhlosure in its openposition;

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Swisia; detail top plan vView of: latch shown in Fig. 7;

I 'Fig. "10 ii a detail 1 plan" iew modified form of 1mm "*Fig'. 11 is aj detail front ofsaid:'caii bidvicontaincrs, and" showing elevation ofone i"; 1.:Fig;: 12 is a fragntlentalwiewof'ii portion of the lockinghasp bind a partlof one of the erms of oneof the containers showing means" for holding the hasp in its inoperativepost tion as well as for automatically assisting in causing it to assume its operative position.

In the drawings I the .gas 7 en ator 's shownuts a t'ahk figrhi vided into upperand lower compartments 6 and 7 respectively. The up er compartment is substantially fiflhd iv fitei' aiid this water 'forms a" seal for the bell or ometer 8, the water bein co partment from thein et spout 9, v i he 'lower 'bbnipai tfifht 7 is Else filled with water and this wateryissnpplied fromopenings 'in'the wall oftheta-nk, the

outer end of each cdintainerri's provided with an opening '13 'for. "*the insertion or, :removal of a 'carbid receptacle 14, which-is normally disposed within the "container. v jecting i portion of each container is surrounded; except at "opening *13, with --a -Water jadket 15. I

Each carbid receptacle leisprovided-with' auplurality "of compartments 16, whioh' are partially-filled ,v'vith carbid'. Atthe'i'ear end, the receptacle-is provided with a odmpartment Tlfyhairing *a raised bottom 7 18, fdlil'l eceiving thewater from the vessel 10. The construction of 'receptacles, "and, '-the aetionbetween the-water andl earbid-are substantially identical as shown and described in my previously'rmentioned patent and @411- thelr description is deemed unnecesary;

The water vessel 19 is'quflfllfdividedinto two compartments 10" and T10", and extending from the comparlfliient 10 *is-apip'e 20, which communicates 'withthemehr epdof the barbid cdl itailitir -11,. a firazp fill being formed by saidzpipe'in advanoe; of-its connecti'on' with said "ctmtainer. 1 'A -pipe'fifi Fbnnects fthe compartment "11) '.Wlth pipe 20 and a'tthe juncture there is provided a three, way valve 23. Between'thmti'ep m and the, valve 123, 'the pipe '20 provided withathree way "valve 24, 'andmxbending from valve is apipe-25 "a. "trap 26 formed "thereby andtorhmunidatihkwith the rear end of 'llhe carbid cdht-einr42ah6ve the compartment 7 thereofvf-Thesmvalves 23' and 24 arefisimu-ltiixiemislfactuhtedihy a connectidn 27 to pennitiwafier zfromthe o'mpartment 10 entering'tliecarbid dontdiner 11, or saidavalves' at'efreverwd. to penmit Water from the -'compartment 10":-ehtering the 1' earbid 'containerrm. Phe water. #fiem both "compartments F10. and 16?; however,

never enters both carbid containers 11 and 12 at the same time. As a result, gas can be continuously generated by either one of said carbid containers while the other is idle or beipreplenished. i y i i. gtke ss is 'fi im fife fi l p m ent 11 passes outwardly through pipe 28 which is connected to the projecting portion hf "Hdjacent the'opening 13 hereof .d thence through pipe 29 to the orfieeilhs'heu orgasometer 8 above the or line.

'efiasgenerated in the carliidwdinpart unm1t1.-&Q in: :outwardly through pipe 30 and thence through pipe 29 to the dome of said gasometer. inasmuch as gas is never generated in *both haibid containers at ithe same-tinte valvesfil and 32 are'respectively jar-ringed: inthe pipes r28 =and 30 a-tzlpoints kh ove the "prejeatingportions of the tiliibid containers. *lini'order'eo Controlthema of 'water lintherrpipeswva nd Q45 the valve Q4, wherehy either i orboth supplies of be intermrpted; valves *33o'and 34 arePx'eSpBetivelyePranged in said pipes 20 The vafie stem of the Walve 31- of the'lgas 1 outlet piPe'QS"isf -pmvided "With-a manually operable aetuaifing rmea'ris consisting. of an oplever 35. 'This 'lever isconnectedby avliink' 36 'to an annBTfiXed to the valve stem oft-he valve Asa resulnwhen-t-hevlevei' 35 is in the position shown in Fig. 3 'both valves31'and'88 are open toipermit'theingressmf winterandegress of gas from the 1 earbid container 11. Whenit is desired to relieve the earbideontainer 11-from further dction or --for'replen hi i the same, the lever .35 is swung toward thetank '5; to the position showngin dotted lines in Fig. 3.

Fl his evenient of the:lever,through the link 36'a4rd arm 37, moves-both valves Bland 33 toclosed positiens, I I a -A'sil5nilar*lever'38ris connected-to the valve of'vthe :Valve 82 in -the 1 gas Toutlet pipe 3Q,f1mdthis lefVer-is-connected by a 'link 39 withmh-algm 4O fixedtothe Velve stem ofathe valve fi, slink-=39 extendsunder the link -36;and these, linksare supported on the tank 5, for 'SlMh-E -mo'vements, in bearings 41 and respectively, p A's a result, when it-is desired to relieve 'the Y earbid container 12 fromr-furthenaetion -or for {replenishing the same,'- the -lever -38 is swung in the same genei'al as noted connection with leverlfi. *T-l iis movement eflever w filcloses the 32 end 34 'inthe gfls outlet wateninlet pipsqzespectively. a

It will thusbe bbserved that the"levers:..35 alid-38afe-ar fflnged to bemoved "in the same generaldirection, and that the connecting links we disposedon one-sideof-the tank ,5. This construction permits the generator to his beqbloeed imilloseiproetimity'rte' theses-nor oi snfiioient toengage the closure 43 when the latter-is in its'closed position, as shown in untihshid olosureis moved forwardly= t'o"a pointin advanceof the vertical plane extending through thepivots Thefclosure 43 will then gravitateto its closed position. v

"J endthereof enters the mouth-5O at theouter aroo'm, or arranged to have the side-thereof opposite'the linksdirecfly against a side of th w Each earbi'd container is provided with a ,elosure-and a locking mechanism thereior, I and inasmuch as the construction and opera tion ofeach closure and locking mechanism 1is identioahva descriptionofone will sufiice.

' l A closure 43 for" the opening 13 'of each a water jacket 15 is' mounted upon horizontal 'pivotsimysupported at'the teef saidwater' acket.- As a'result, the closure 43 can be swung upwardly and thence backwardly toan inclined positionin rear-ofa vertical plane passing through said -pivotsN The j lever extends outwardly and thence down-. wardly, as at 45, and this'dowhwardly ex-" v tending portion is I then benteforwardly to form a hand piece 46. I The laterally extending portion of this lever isof a length Fig. 7, and swing said closure about its pivots The locking mechanism for the closure comprises spaced arms 47 and'48 which re;

spectively extend forwardly from thevwater jacket 15 on op 'ositesidesof the opening 13.

The M11147 w ich is adjacent the lever-35,

supports at its outer 'e'nd,:a laterally haspli); When the hja'sp is swung across the closure 43 to its locklng positionrthefree end of the arm 48. "The upper jar51of said month is provided "with a vertical opening 52 and a latch 53 isidisposedin said. opening "and is fnlermned onahorizontal pivot in" 54, as clearly shown in 'Figs; 8 and is pin is located at the rear"end'oitsaid jaw,} and "thelatch 'is. provided at its pivotal point with a triparrn 55which, when the latch is swung upwardly, is in position to been-v aged by the free: end of'said hasp and there y caused H to be automatically moved to ite positionto lock said hasp against movement. Carried by thehasp isa clamping screw 56 50 which is manually operable toseal' the closure a ainst its seat.

' Eacho the levers35and 38 issecuredto one of the clampin screws'56 by a;lockbloek,' 45", which isf looselyfmounted at one of its 3 ends on-the lever said end being'bent around" 3 the lever as particularly shown in Fig. 7.

and has its oppositeendaformed witha hook i which is adapted to-be fitted over .thelpro- ,jecting portion of the screw 56, as illustrated inFigs; 1,:3-and 4.2T

i :The penident loosely swinging position" of the block 45*, 'when, disconnected or :un hooked from the clamping screwis indicated- Frofn the' megoing itwiH be readily derstood thafi'whe'n it is desired to replenish on fath'e carbid containers, 1 the. controlling j .outwardly t0 the fposibio i ines in Fig: i 3. This move I lever '35 -is' swuh shown by dotted inent closes the gas outlet valve 31 and the water inlet valve33 associated withthecarbid container- 11. 'lheala tch53-isz then re-f- 1 leased, thehasp 49 swung to theposition' shown in dotted lines. in 3',"-Qand the}:

closarevleis swung upward "and rear wardl'y as previously The closure "and the-locking mechanism therefor arenow disposedfin their open positions. After the contailler has beenreplenished, the lever, filo-is'returned' toits initial position; and b'efore the valvef31*is openedby said i lever, said lever willengage'vtheclosure 43 and cause-{the same tube moved to 'itsclos'ed' position. Irnmediatelyfollowing thekmove men't'of saidclosure 4C3 toits closed position, and before the valve 31 is opened, the downwardly extendin portion-45 of saidlever 35 will engage lie hasp 49 and swingfthe" sameto its lockingpositionrthefreeend ofsaid hasp, engaging the trip arm'; 55 of:

said latch and causing the latter to become 1 automatically locked. The iclamping screw, "adjusted to seeurely {seal the 56 i can then he closure 43 against its seat.

In order to maintainjthe'lateh 53in its receiving "position, I have provided one or washers 57 on the-pivot pin- 54.

more sprin between sa d-latch and the wall of i the I p opening.

in'Fi'g. 10, thea'rrn'dS is pr'ovided onhone side i with a spring latch 53, I anda locking pin 5'3 isremovably mounted in.: suitable openings -formed in the arni 48 in advanee ofthehasp49. .1 "n the-bell or gaeometer 8 passes outwardly through the ipe 58, and located 1-: i

in thisloutlet orservice pipe is a controlling VElVGfiQ; 1 w a a I In order to automatically maintain a 0917- 1 I tain "amount of gas within the gasometei'j, :I r

provide a valve 60in therwatei' pipe 20, and

fixedtothe valveistem of said valve 60 9 a forked arm 61, which .ismadapted. t'ofibe engaged. by a trip arm i 62-carr1ed-\:by the; gaso'meter 8. In operation, as the supply 1 of gasfin the" gasometer diminishes, Said gasonieter will, of' course, descend and: carry;

the ,forked. arm' 61 and; open the valve .60; thereby" allowing water "to enter the l-prede-i terminedearbid container. 1 I After a w pm-rile tel-mined amount ofiga's has been generated,

the upward ;.movement=.of the gasometer, due 11 to-the additional [supply ofigas, will carry upwardly with it the trip arm 62,. which will aga engage the forked $61 and 1 close the valve.60.-- H

from the container,

In Fig. 12, I have shown a modified construction of the heap 49, which in securing a spring 49' at. one of its ends to the hasp, at a suitable distance from its pivot point, and at its other end to the arm 4-7. V

This'spring will act to hold the beep in its open position until it is struck by the free portion of the lever 35 or 38 when the same is moved to open its valve, when it is obvious, the heap will be swung; on its pivot toward its locking position, in: which operation the spring will exert itself to automatically force the hasp against the closureand thus seal the same in the vbefore any gas can escape from the container.

The pipe-sections 28" and 30 are coupled to the pipes 28 and 30 respectively and com",

municate with the compartment 7 and are em loyed to vent their respective containers. aving thus described my invention, what I claim is: v i

'1- In a gas generatonthe combination of a tank, a carbid container fixed in said tank and having an vopening through which a. I carbid receptacle can be inserted or removed pp y pip from the container, a water leading to said container, a gas conducting pipe leading from the contalner, valves insaid pipes a closure for the in the container hinged to the top edge thereof,

locking means for said closure vhinged to the container at one side of the 0 ing? therein,

said locking means being shi table into and out of locking position at an angleto the opening and closing movement of the closure and a manually operable lever-controlling the valves and constructed and arranged to automatically shut the closure and shift the locking'means into locking position as the valves are opened.

2. In a gas generatonthe combination of a tank, a carbid container fixed in said tank and having an opening through which a carbid receptacle can be inserted or removed a :water supply pipe leading to said container, a., conducting pipe leading from the container, valves in said pipes, a closure for the opening in the container, locking means for said closure,

said locking means being shiftable into and out of locking position, one of the valves beingon the opposite side of the tank from the container, armanually o rable lever mounted on the same side 0 "the tanka's the container, a curved link extending 1 the lever around the tank and operatively connecting to the oppositely located valve and mechanism extending from the lever to the closure andlockingmechanism and constructed and man to automaticallyshut the closure and shi locking position as the'valves are opened.

the locking means into atank, a carbid container fixed in said tank having an opening through which a carbid receptacle can be inserted or removed, from the container-,a water supply pipe leading to said container, at gas conductingpipe leading from. the container, valves in said pipes, a closure for the opening in the contamer hinged to the top edge of the opening, locking meansfor said closure hinged a tank, a car-bid container in said tank having an opening, gas and water valves for said container, .a closure for the opening in the container hinged to the top edge ofthe opening and adapted to swing in a vertical arc-in opening or, closing, locking means for said closure hinged to a side edge of the opening and adapted to swing into and.v

out of locking position in a horizontal arc and a. lever controlling the valves, the closing of the closure and the swinging of the locking means to a locking position.

- 5. In a gas generator, the combination of a tank, a carbid container in said tank havan opening, gas and water valves for said container, a closure for the opening in'the container hinged to one edge of the opening, locking means for said closure hinged to another edge of the opening, one of said valves being located in front and in proximityto the opening in the container and another located in therear of the container onthe opposite side of the tank,

a controlli lever connected to the valve in front a a link eonnected'to said lever and curved around the'sideof the tank with its rear terminal connected to the rear valve, an extension 'o'fthe lever being arranged to close the locking means, and said lever being adapted to contact with and shut the closure before the locking means is open the shiftable into and out of locking position, 3. In a gas generator, the oombinationo one of the valves of each container being container, valves in saidpipes, an

on the opposite side of the tank from the the levers t0 the closure it controls and the container, a manually operable controlling locking mechanism therefor. lever for each closure, a curved link extending from each of said levers around the side HENRY W. LAUN. 5 of the tank and operatively connecting to Witnesses:

one of the oppositely located valves, and CHAS. G. TILLMAN,

shifting mechanism extending from each of A. E. OLSON.

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